If Ling Tian had to fight at close range, killing a Stone Person whose cultivation was far higher than his own would have taken some effort. But he had powerful long-range arrow techniques with far greater offensive strength. The instant Thunder Silkworm Silk bound the Stone Person, he unleashed Merged Entity Arrow and killed it with ease.
A strange, surging force coursed through him. Ling Tian was familiar with this energy, so he made no move and let it carry out its work. The void shifted faintly, and he appeared outside the Small World—he had passed the trial.
Seeing no one else around, Ling Tian murmured to himself, "Just as I thought. I'm the first to finish the trial."
"Go on, kid, keep patting yourself on the back. If you weren't good at powerful arrow techniques, you wouldn't have finished the trial so quickly," Po Qiong teased. Then his tone shifted, and he sounded thoroughly pleased with himself. "Of course, even if you've mastered those powerful arrow techniques, they'd be far less effective without me. Fairy Meng Shang and Min'er haven't come out yet, have they?"
"Uncle Po Qiong, I don't think Meng Shang and the others are still in there just because their bows and arrows aren't as good as yours." Dan Bi's voice rang out, playfully needling him. "The main reason is that the Stone Persons they're facing are much stronger than Ling Tian's. After all, Ling Tian's cultivation is lower than theirs. I'd say their opponents are already stronger than ordinary Heavenly Lords."
Because Ling Tian's cultivation was somewhat lower, the Stone Person he faced was indeed stronger due to his possession of an Order Divine Artifact, but it was only close to Heavenly Lord level. Unlike Fairy Meng Shang and the others, who faced opponents truly